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More than 8,000 Sutter Health nurses, health care workers strike for safe staffing, PPE
More than 8,000 Sutter Health nurses and health care workers are striking Monday in a demand for increased staffing and PPE supplies.Read More
Vaccine mandate deadline looms for less than fifth of AC Transit workers
Less than a fifth of AC Transit workers have until the end of Thursday to meet the agency's vaccine mandate or face possible termination.Read More
SF educators hold sleep-in, chamber takeover in payment demand
"Apologies don't pay the rent." Unpaid and fed up San Francisco educators held a sleep-in at district offices Monday and plan to take over Board of Education chambers Tuesday...Read More
BART loses 2 percent of workforce for vaccine mandate noncompliance
Nearly 100 BART employees have quit or been fired in recent months after failing to comply with the agency's Covid-19 vaccination mandate.Read More
San Jose expands investigation of labor violations at emergency housing sites
San Jose is expanding its investigation of illegal labor practices, including wage theft, at emergency housing projects handled by Habitat for Humanity, but there’s no set date for when...Read More
Hundreds of SFO food workers to protest Wednesday for better health care
Hundreds of airport workers will protest Wednesday at San Francisco International Airport to highlight demands for affordable health care benefits, according to union officials. The protest is scheduled from...Read More
UC lecturers call off two-day strike after last-minute agreement
The union representing University of California lecturers announced early Wednesday that a planned two-day systemwide strike over labor negotiations has been called off after the union and university reached...Read More
Local fast-food workers join statewide strikes for safer conditions
Fast-food workers were striking Tuesday across the state, including in the East Bay and South Bay, to demand better health and safety conditions, organizers said. In Oakland, about two...Read More
Study finds nearly 26 percent of Californians are ‘functionally unemployed’
California’s official unemployment rate is 7.5 percent. But a newer method of measuring unemployment reveals a far larger portion of the state is struggling to find full-time employment that...Read More
Muni riders face gaps in service despite more vaccinated operators
Muni service could still be impacted next month despite hundreds of additional employees with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency having now reported being vaccinated. Director of Transportation Jeffrey...Read More
BART employees face Dec. 13 vaccination deadline
The BART board voted 8-1 Thursday to impose a Covid-19 vaccine requirement on all BART employees, effective Dec. 13. BART’s General Manager Bob Powers and his staff will negotiate...Read More
About 2,200 Kaiser employees on unpaid leave due to vaccination status
Oakland-based health care provider Kaiser Permanente had just over 2,200 employees on unpaid administrative leave as of Monday because they were not vaccinated from COVID-19, Kaiser officials said. The...Read More
Hundreds of Muni operators risk termination as vaccination deadline nears
San Francisco transit passengers could be facing major service cuts as the Nov. 1 vaccination deadline approaches for city employees. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s Director of Transportation...Read More
Supes allocate $76 million for county employee ‘Hero Pay’
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors has approved an allocation of American Rescue Plan Act stimulus funds to provide bonuses of up to $2,500 to county employees for...Read More
USPS seeks 1,000 new employees, holds weekend hiring event
The U.S. Postal Service intends to hire 1,000 people to fill various jobs throughout the Bay Area. The service will host a hiring event in Richmond on Saturday to...Read More